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To: JohnM who wrote (46177)	5/21/2004 9:33:31 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793975

I am just amazed by the Author, Neal Stephenson. Push him all I can. Volokh Blog. Skeptic won over:For many months (or is it years?) I have been reading Eugene and others singing the praises of Neal Stephenson here at VC. I had read parts of Snow Crash a few years ago but wasn't impressed. Finally I picked up Cryptonomicon and read it through. I loved it and was overwhelmed. Stephenson has an amazing mind. Somehow he manages to combine a thriller, science fiction, and serious fiction all at once. I expect people will still be reading this one a century from now. Give it a try if you don't already know it, and don't be put off by the length, namely 1168 pages. I like to ask Samuel Johnson's question: did we wish the book were longer than it was? In this case the answer is a clear "yes." So I just might be tempted to try the Quicksilver cycle now...

To: JohnM who wrote (46177)	5/21/2004 9:38:13 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793975

what we're seeing here is less the result of new revelations than the outward signs of deep tectonic shifts within the US government -- the discrediting of some factions and agencies, the attempts of others to reposition themselves in a moment of acute crisis and get ahead of the storm, and the freeing up of others to assert themselves for the first time in years. If Chalabi was really passing on highly classified data, the people who provided him with that data should certainly face criminal prosecution. I wonder if we'll see any of that. Somehow I doubt it.